Earth's History: Fossils

Where can the oldest layer be found?

• The top layer
• The middle layer
• They are all the same age
• The bottom layer

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

How are fossils created?

• Traces of organisms get turned into stone.
• Dead organisms are quickly buried for millions of years.
• Animals get trapped.
• All of the above

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Which layer formed first?

• Rock Layer W
• Rock Layer X
• Rock Layer Y
• Rock Layer Z

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Principle that Earth's processes occurring today are similar to those that occurred in the past 

• unconformities 
• uniformitariansim 
• superposition 

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Cavity in a rock made when an organism decayed

• cast
• mold 
• original remains

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Process that uses the properties of atoms in rocks and other objects to determine their ages 

• relative dating
• radioactive decay 
• absolute dating

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Principle that states in a sequence of undisturbed rocks, the oldest rocks are on the bottom and the rocks become progressively younger toward the top 

• superposition 
• uniformitarianism
• half-life

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which of the following is a requirement of index fossils?

• Lived over a vast time period but found only in one location

• lived only for a short time but was found all over the world

• Not a prevalent species at any time

• Still alive today

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

If scientists found this fossil, what could they infer?

• what fish are like today
• that this fish lacked oxygen
• what kind of animal ate this fish
• that water once covered the area

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Correctly sequence the layers of rocks oldest to youngest

• A,D, C, B, E

• E, B,C D, A

• B,E,C, D, A

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4